scottydoesntknow:Holy crap that's creepy. I had no idea Cruise and The Leader were besties.

/The leader is good, the leader is great

It has been asserted by those in the know that Cruise is the second or third highest ranking member of the church. If Miscavige goes down there's a good chance Cruise will be running the whole thing, and as we know from his films, he likes running.

Killer Cars:Myria: Does David Miscavige actually believe in his religion, or is he aware that it's a scam, and he just leads it for evil personal gain?

Oh I'm sure he knows he's bilking the sh*t out of gullible people. There's various clips of Jason Beghe (actor and ex-$cientologist) around on Youtube talking about his dealings with him...apparently many of the "courses" you have to take (and of course pay for) are constantly being re-worked while at the present time always being sold as "the correct, complete" version of said course, and yet when invariably the "updated" version of a particular course comes out, you're told to pay yet again to take an updated version of something you already paid thousands of dollars for when literally only very minor tweaks are the difference between them.

So they control the college textbook publishing industry too?I knew there was something screwy going on there.

I thought their biggest nightmare was that everyone outside the cult would get together and arrange a specific date and time when we would all find a Scientologist and just point and laugh and laugh and laugh and then laugh some more.

scottydoesntknow:ThatBillmanGuy: GungFu: i thought the revelation that Miscavige's wife is dead and was dumped overboard from a Sea-Org cruise ship, and that Mr. Miscavige had her did in because he was banging new Scientology recruits and his wife found out, and that Tommy helped to subdue and give her an e-meter reading which went off the Thetan charts and decided she was 'beyond rescue', was the 'biggest nightmare'.

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Mugato: GungFu: i thought the revelation that Miscavige's wife is dead and was dumped overboard from a Sea-Org cruise ship, and that Mr. Miscavige had her did in because he was banging new Scientology recruits and his wife found out, and that Tommy helped to subdue and give her an e-meter reading which went off the Thetan charts and decided she was 'beyond rescue', was the 'biggest nightmare'.

No, no one cared about that, they shook that off. But Tom and Katie? That's news.

Well, some people are starting to take notice: Link

FTFA: He served as best man at Cruise's November 2006 wedding to Holmes, 33.

Holy crap that's creepy. I had no idea Cruise and The Leader were besties.

If something happens to Miscavige (which is unlikely to happen anytime soon), Cruise will probably take over Co$. But the problem is that Cruise actually believes in this sh*t.

Miscavige doesn't. Given his reputation for frequent outbursts and violent anger, it's clear that DM doesn't practice Scientology. But he gets a pass for it because he's DM.

Cruise taking control of CoS might be the best thing to happen to Scientology. I think Cruise is ultimately a good guy that's been brainwashed by a cult. Miscavige is not a good guy. Hubbard was not a good guy. I think Cruise can bring a sense of heart to Scientology. Make it less evil. Cruise is not himself malicious. He just believes wholeheartedly in Scientology. But with people like Miscavige manipulating him, nothing good will come of it.

When DM's gone, Cruise will either become the new head or bolt completely. Right now, though, DM's got him by the balls...and he's not letting go.

Mega Steve:BeatrixK: It also doesn't help him that I will NEVER, EVER get my life back that was lost sitting through Eyes Wide Shut.

THIS! That movie was so terrible I think it gave me cancer. I kept hoping it would redeem itself somehow, but it was terrible right to the very end. And not in a "MST3K-worthy" way, but more of a "I'd eat a bag of broken glass before watching it again" way.

Yeah but Kubrick can sure cast a great supporting cast of tits. I have no idea WTF that movie was supposed to be about but that movie had the largest collection of awesome racks I've seen in a mainstream film.

scottydoesntknow:ThatBillmanGuy: GungFu: i thought the revelation that Miscavige's wife is dead and was dumped overboard from a Sea-Org cruise ship, and that Mr. Miscavige had her did in because he was banging new Scientology recruits and his wife found out, and that Tommy helped to subdue and give her an e-meter reading which went off the Thetan charts and decided she was 'beyond rescue', was the 'biggest nightmare'.

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Mugato: GungFu: i thought the revelation that Miscavige's wife is dead and was dumped overboard from a Sea-Org cruise ship, and that Mr. Miscavige had her did in because he was banging new Scientology recruits and his wife found out, and that Tommy helped to subdue and give her an e-meter reading which went off the Thetan charts and decided she was 'beyond rescue', was the 'biggest nightmare'.

No, no one cared about that, they shook that off. But Tom and Katie? That's news.

Well, some people are starting to take notice: Link

FTFA: He served as best man at Cruise's November 2006 wedding to Holmes, 33.

Holy crap that's creepy. I had no idea Cruise and The Leader were besties.